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1. Nearing the end of "The Monk's Tale", the Knight has heard enough and stops the Monk because he has told way too many sad stories. The host agrees and asks the Nun's Priest then if he had more positive instruction to say than the Monk. Just how many stories did the Monk tell before he was cut off?
2. The host, Harry Bailey, asks the Priest if he can tell an uplifting story, but is concerned because he is riding on a poor and lean horse. What exact word does the host use to describe the horse who has had its better days?
3. Chaucer allows the host to address the nun's priest in a manner that was common at the time when designating someone who was a priest. What informal name does the host use to call the priest?
4. As we move along to the tale, we are told a little about the lifestyle of the poor widow. We know she exercises well, and doesn't eat much unless it was grown in her own garden. She likes to dance, even though she was laden with a form of arthritis of her big toe. What was she suffering from?
5. This tale is mostly about the life of a rooster, whose crowing was unmatched in all the land. It was the widow's most prized posession. What was the rooster's name?
6. Yes, there were seven hens that sat along with the rooster. Some were wives, and some paramours. But there was a most favorite one. Who might that be?
7. For everything that seemed so perfect with the widow's rooster, there was one thing that his favorite wife noticed that she thought was wrong with him after his nightmare. What type a person did she think Chanticleer was?
8. The rooster is still not feeling very well, and, according to his wife, is having symptoms emblematic of having red bile. This, supposedly, is causing his dreaming of fear, fire, arrows, and blood. What does she want Chanticleer to do?
9. Now the rooster is outside, but this time he knows a real fox is near, watching his every move. The fox tricks the rooster into closing his eyes through flattery, then grabs him around the neck and runs off into the woods. What was the fox's name?
10. The tale ends when the rooster uses some of his own flattery on the fox, causing the fox to open his mouth and release the rooster. The Priest ends the tale by referencing a certain saint to be finding moral wisdom within a seemingly frivolous animal story. But which saint?
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